This New York store has the most spectacular holiday windows in the world

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Christmas in New York is magical - the city goes all out with the decorations and the department store windows are no exception. Each year the big stores; Macys, Barneys, Henri Bendel, Saks and Bloomingdales unofficially compete to have the best window displays in town. But none can compete with 5th Avenue luxury department store, Bergdorf Goodman.

The iconic building occupies a block next to the Plaza Hotel and there is an additional men's store across the road.

Every year they unveil holiday windows that manage to top their previous years' display and this year has been no exception.

Linda Fargo, SVP, Fashion Office and Store Presentation at Bergdorf Goodman explains, "People always ask me how long do you work on the holiday windows, and the answer to that is we never stop working on them."

David Hoey is the window director, yes that’s a real job title – his entire job is to make the windows look fantastic. For the 2017 holiday windows he decided to partner with a series of New York City institutions to make the displays an ode to the city they love so much. Represented in each window are the American Museum of Natural History, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Museum of the Moving Image, New York Botanical Garden, New York Philharmonic and the New-York Historical Society.

To see each stunning window, click through.

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New York Philharmonic

To celebrate the philharmonic, custom-made neon light instruments light up and flash in front of a glamorous conductor in a red gown.